State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,418 Virginia births in 1976 across 1,136 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Virginia more than they say America.

#86Calvin#184 nationally
#67Virginia#160 nationally
#87Dwayne#175 nationally
#89Ronnie#155 nationally
#99Jermaine#164 nationally
#76Christie#139 nationally
#79Tracey#140 nationally
#78Latoya#135 nationally
#93Darrell#150 nationally
#57Sherry#111 nationally
#70Anne#124 nationally
#80Felicia#130 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,330US #1
#2Amy746US #2
#3Angela592US #5
#4Melissa563US #3
#5Heather543US #4
#6Kimberly508US #7
#7Michelle403US #6
#8Shannon395US #17
#9Stephanie385US #11
#10Christina382US #14
#11Crystal370US #36
#12Amanda332US #10
#13Lisa330US #9
#14Elizabeth325US #16
#15Rebecca321US #12
#16Sarah315US #15
#17Jessica299US #8
#18Mary285US #22
#19Kelly276US #19
#20Laura256US #20
#21Nicole215US #13
#22Tiffany212US #32
#23April205US #30
#24Karen204US #31
#25Susan196US #40
#26Wendy192US #39
#27Tammy183US #41
#28Tonya183US #58
#29Cynthia180US #44
#30Jamie178US #18
#31Tracy177US #37
#32Katherine168US #57
#33Erin163US #24
#34Carrie161US #28
#35Julie161US #21
#36Jaime151US #29
#37Rachel151US #23
#38Catherine145US #72
#39Christine144US #26
#40Christy142US #60
#41Tina140US #48
#42Melanie135US #53
#43Emily131US #50
#44Lori128US #47
#45Dawn126US #35
#46Sara122US #27
#47Patricia121US #43
#48Tanya121US #61
#49Danielle119US #33
#50Tara116US #42
#51Misty113US #46
#52Stacey113US #51
#53Sharon111US #81
#54Holly110US #56
#55Pamela109US #84
#56Teresa109US #66
#57Sherry106US #111
#58Stacy105US #38
#59Brandy102US #55
#60Allison100US #67
#61Leslie100US #65
#62Donna98US #93
#63Andrea97US #25
#64Dana97US #64
#65Courtney96US #76
#66Monica96US #45
#67Virginia96US #160
#68Samantha95US #85
#69Robin94US #75
#70Anne87US #124
#71Ashley87US #115
#72Erica86US #54
#73Amber83US #49
#74Valerie83US #83
#75Margaret79US #103
#76Christie78US #139
#77Anna77US #78
#78Latoya77US #135
#79Tracey76US #140
#80Felicia75US #130
#81Natasha75US #131
#82Tamara75US #91
#83Megan73US #62
#84Rhonda73US #107
#85Kristin71US #74
#86Nancy71US #87
#87Natalie71US #80
#88Victoria71US #92
#89Alicia70US #71
#90Melinda68US #95
#91Deborah67US #96
#92Michele67US #63
#93Sandra67US #59
#94Kathryn66US #88
#95Barbara65US #98
#96Carolyn63US #129
#97Kristina63US #97
#98Linda63US #90
#99Renee63US #86
#100Kristen62US #73

Boys

#1Michael1,469US #1
#2Christopher1,248US #3
#3Jason1,089US #2
#4James1,067US #5
#5David961US #4
#6John873US #6
#7William860US #11
#8Robert796US #7
#9Brian710US #8
#10Matthew593US #9
#11Kevin512US #15
#12Joseph466US #12
#13Charles444US #26
#14Richard426US #19
#15Thomas410US #23
#16Daniel408US #10
#17Timothy408US #21
#18Eric386US #13
#19Jonathan341US #31
#20Steven338US #20
#21Anthony326US #22
#22Mark322US #25
#23Jeffrey318US #17
#24Jeremy315US #14
#25Stephen269US #37
#26Andrew265US #27
#27Shawn265US #34
#28Joshua244US #18
#29Kenneth242US #38
#30Benjamin238US #32
#31Gregory228US #35
#32Scott222US #24
#33Paul215US #28
#34Ryan206US #16
#35Aaron202US #30
#36Sean177US #42
#37Bryan174US #43
#38Adam172US #36
#39Edward172US #45
#40Donald169US #47
#41Travis166US #46
#42George165US #53
#43Patrick156US #41
#44Chad155US #29
#45Keith152US #48
#46Justin150US #33
#47Ronald149US #49
#48Brandon148US #40
#49Larry137US #60
#50Gary134US #52
#51Nathan132US #39
#52Bradley129US #51
#53Samuel122US #59
#54Jamie120US #62
#55Douglas117US #56
#56Corey107US #64
#57Dennis104US #66
#58Terry103US #75
#59Phillip100US #69
#60Rodney99US #88
#61Jerry98US #67
#62Todd98US #50
#63Shannon96US #98
#64Troy96US #73
#65Antonio94US #71
#66Bobby94US #96
#67Roger85US #103
#68Raymond83US #65
#69Derrick82US #91
#70Tony81US #86
#71Marcus79US #74
#72Peter79US #54
#73Russell79US #87
#74Billy77US #85
#75Carl76US #95
#76Curtis74US #105
#77Randy72US #79
#78Andre69US #125
#79Jesse68US #55
#80Shane67US #57
#81Craig65US #61
#82Philip65US #89
#83Frank64US #68
#84Jacob64US #63
#85Lawrence64US #113
#86Calvin62US #184
#87Dwayne62US #175
#88Gerald62US #120
#89Ronnie62US #155
#90Wayne61US #131
#91Joel60US #72
#92Alexander59US #107
#93Darrell59US #150
#94Derek59US #84
#95Jeremiah59US #93
#96Wesley59US #119
#97Jeffery58US #76
#98Danny57US #102
#99Jermaine57US #164
#100Roy57US #139

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑60Jamie#30
↑33Sara#46
↑21Amber#73
↑20Virginia#67
↑19Danielle#49
↑18Samantha#68
↑18Anne#70
↑17Shannon#63

Falling

↓36Sandra#93
↓33Kristen#100
↓29Roy#100
↓28Linda#98
↓23Andrea#63
↓23Rhonda#84
↓22Kathryn#94
↓20Margaret#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.